Just watched 'The Spirit Molecule'. I thought it was going to be something along the lines of 'What the Bleep Do We Know', but I was pleasantly surprised. It's at least worth watching to see the volunteers talk about their experiences 10 years down the line.

The family has regathered in the snack shop in the quarantine zone, after searching a long time and not finding the daughter. They are all just quietly eating food and not looking at each other. Then, without explanation, the daughter just sits up, she has been laying on the floor unseen, and doesn't seem at all surprised to be suddenly back with the family. Nobody acknowledges the incredible coincidence, or even says a word to each other. They all just start casually feeding her food from their plates, and she eats with concentration, starved from her ordeal.

And then she wakes up, still trapped in the monster's concrete lair, not found by her family at all.

The way that scene sneakily switched POV from the searching family to the lost girl, and walked you blindly into a dream, all without tipping you off until the end, really stabbed home the awfulness of being lost and alone.

Oh. Hey. How is this for obscure?Dr. Bronner's Magic SoapboxDr. Bronner was the insane -- literally -- immigrant soap maker responsible for that liquid soap that comes in bottles covered in bizarre religious rants. The film documents his career and the company. It's low budget, but nicely done. Bonus: Lots of screen time for Bronner's son Ralph, who comes across as one of the most genuinely nice people ever.

Recently saw 2000's Thai production, /Tears of the Black Tiger/. What a perfectly odd distillation of the mondo western crossed with a chop-sockey movie, filmed with a glorious Technicolor palate - just watch for all the scenes where someone in a mauve dress stands in front of an aquamarine backdrop:

lee byung hun and choi min sik, this is probably the best revenge movie i've ever seen. beautifully disturbing in its wanton madness and uncompromising brutality. the tension in this movie is unbelievable.

this was directed by the guy who did scent of the green papaya, the trailer makes it look like a straightforward thriller but it's not. it's actually dark and violent existential neo noir freakout with messianic themes. it actually hasn't gotten distribution in the u.s. yet despite being a few years old and having josh hartnett in it, you can import it though as i think it's been released in europe and asia.

I'd like to recommend Noroi: a found footage j-horror that's far superior to most of the titles trying to be the next Blair Witch. It details a paranormal investigator who vanishes during his biggest case. His cameraman passes on their footage and then similarily disappears. It's clever and has some really creepy scenes.